And the best wheel has an axle, I am pretty sure. Ahhh, choices.The lightest wheelset is definitely a front wheel with the guts removed.
Nick, you win! It is a lefty hub, good eye. I'm riding the wheels today, should put them through their paces as I will be pre riding the TDS Enduro ranch today to break in my new 2015 gear. The rear wheel laced up at exactly 2lbs. Project 321 with the I-9 torch XD Driver....I'm pretty psyched and nervous at the same time. I cant imagine these wheels lasting but here goes!is that a Lefty hub?
What happened to the "best/strongest" part?I cant imagine these wheels lasting but here goes!
Your friend needs these then...I am also real curious about the new Derby Rims....anybody riding those yet? I have one friend that is and he says they are so stiff it makes the ride harsh? Thoughts?
Took a year to think that one up?Your friend needs these then...
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No 26... NO CARE!Strongest carbon and nicest feeling wheels I've rode are these: http://www.bouwmeester.com.au/products/tammar-650b
Ridden Enve's, Mavic, Light bicycle, Stans prior to that. So tough and just have a really nice mix of lateral stiffness and compliance.
From there website:
I see, $2700US for rims that are 20-30g heavier than my nexties. Do they come with any extra hookers?Strongest carbon and nicest feeling wheels I've rode are these: http://www.bouwmeester.com.au/products/tammar-650b
Ridden Enve's, Mavic, Light bicycle, Stans prior to that. So tough and just have a really nice mix of lateral stiffness and compliance.
From there website:
Yah. Crabon wheels, in my limited experience, will stay true through it all...and then they crack.I had a weird sound on my megatrail. Couldn't find it. Looked at my derby and it was basically straight. Rode it after tightening and greasing a bunch of stuff. Noise still there. So decided to true up the wheel. I found three spokes with no tension at all on the gauge. And a bunch of loose ones. I had done drop offs and jumps into rock gardens with the loose spokes. But nothing really extreme. That wheel is straight as can be. Surprised me.
And then you still ride them 10 miles downhill to the bottom, crack and all.Yah. Crabon wheels, in my limited experience, will stay true through it all...and then they crack.
Srsly. I don't even know how long mine were cracked. And even after I found out I rode them a few times until the new rim showed up.And then you still ride them 10 miles downhill to the bottom, crack and all.
I see, $2700US for rims that are 20-30g heavier than my nexties. Do they come with any extra hookers?
I do believe there are still advantages to double-wall designs.
Majority of stiffness comes from spokes. However I think stiffness isn't the main issue. Well tuned characteristics is more important in my opinion. So having vertical compliance in the rim gives more traction (ie faster) and lateral stiffness for efficient power transfer.Well, stiffness is a function of surface area, for one. These Chinese probably know a hell of a lot more about crab-on than you think. Still many hookers or shock upgrades I could have bought over envy or some overpriced rim. The only constant in business is change, someone will always come along that will figure out how to do what to do cheaper, quicker, better, etc...